Some posts may contain affiliate links. MIY Potted Meat: FAQs & Recipe (2 links) Now days when I hear potted meat I think spam or corned beef. Neither make my taste buds tingle. Although either are decent choices for stockpiling if your palate enjoys them. I do have a couple of recipes in my repertoire that call …
MIY Toothpaste 3 Recipes Oral hygiene is so much more important than people realize. Infected teeth can negatively effect your heart and throat. Bad teeth hurt and interfere with your nutrition and your sleep both leave you venerable to other illnesses. This will be especially important post SHTF when medical and dental care will be …
Russian Tea Recipes For Colds & Flu Today I have two recipes for you. There are literally dozens of recipes for Russian tea. These two are my personal favorites. Both are excellent for colds and flu, I am not a doctor, of course so I can’t tell you with scientific facts or certainty that either …
MIY SHTF Penicillin A generation or two ago people died from simple small wounds that became infected. Many more died from STD’s that went untreated until the advent of penicillin. Now these deaths are quite rare and the infections have to be much worse to cause death. In any major SHTF event the basic necessary …
Homemade Cough Syrup That Reduces Phlegm Carrots tend to get under-rated in the area of health benefits. I can attest to the fact that in many European countries carrot juice is one of the first juices introduced to babies for skin health. I remember myself as a child being told carrots would assist my eye …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. DIY Lard (Link+video+infographic) Most of us have heard all the dangers involved with ingesting too much saturated fat. But lard still has it’s uses in our households. If you’re living off grid alternatives may not be available. Lard is actually easier to digest and less hard on your body …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. MIY Instant Oatmeal I actually don’t mind the taste of the original instant oatmeal by a well known name brand. But those less costly copycat brands are frankly, well… yuckkkk. I love the quick convenience of the product as well and always felt a bit better about my kids …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. MIY Tortillas de Harina / Flour Tortillas We have recently done several posts regarding scratch cooking. One way to begin is too start with the basics. The base of the meal. In this case the flour tortilla. You can buy them by the package at almost any supermarket and …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. MIY Country Wines If you are looking for a fun “fruitful” hobby wine making could be the ticket. Your private wine collection could also serve as a positive bartering tool in a cashless society or even just your local farmers market! The featured article relays the author’s start in …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Pantry Essentials Needed for Scratch Cooking Scratch cooking is an art that many families are beginning to bring back. Less because they are concerned about the store bought meal ingredients not being available but more concerned about the back to basics of their health and well being. Their are …
